You Don’t Have to Save the World

And you certainly aren’t going to single-handedly destroy it.

Over this past year, I began to start paying attention to what I poured and washed down the sink and tossed in the trash. What is in that makeup, that hair dye, that cologne? What is in that paint, that clay? How much packaging was thrown in the trash and how much was recyclable?

I want to save the world. And there’s nothing wrong with that. But just because something isn’t going to save the world doesn’t mean it’s not worth doing. The same goes for things that aren’t the most eco-friendly.

You can’t single handedly save the world, and you most certainly can’t single handedly destroy it.

Be as eco friendly as you can, but don’t let your passion to help the world keep you from enjoying other passions.

Play less video games, blog on a more energy efficient computer, paint with more eco-friendly paint, recycle more, buy more things second-hand.

We can all do our part to make our passions and lives more eco friendly to help save the world, but don’t get stuck in fear of destroying it.